[projectaon] Re: Licence for Lone Wolf

  • From: mludvik@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: James Durrant <james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:15:38 -0600

I believe it would be possible, although difficult.
We do start with AON html source at the moment, we have semantic recognition module which translates HTML into XML. This XML is input into our game engine. There are two problems with fully automatic translation I can see at the moment: 1) It is not just book, is has to have game part in it as well, such as proper combat, inventory screen with items (not writing notes on paper etc.) The only way how to figure out who the enemies are, how strong they are, what represents an item in the book is to put in some metadata. The metadata can be e.g. enclosing tag, id or class of the tag. Some metadata are in the book already, others are not. We could either put the metadata into the original HTML source (not that the book would not change at all visually), or we could have bunch of patches which would replace particular places in the book after the user downloads the contents from AON. Is any or both of these options possible without breaching AON licence? 2) The book is designed for paper & pencil. It would be very appropriate to adjust it for mobile device. E.g. numbers of sections could be omitted, choice such as "If you wish to continue east, turn to 86" could be changed to "I wish to continue east." 
I understand that it could breach the AON licence.

The best option for us is to negotiate the licence with the licence holder.
If it is not possible, we would still be interested, even though it would mean much more work, provided that at least one of the proposed options is viable. 

Regards,
Martin Ludvik

Quoting James Durrant <james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
We have had several discussions with people who are interested in writing LW for iPhone - one question we always get stuck on - is there not a way to source the content for your books from AON - it only has to be downloaded from here the first time the user gets a copy? 


Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:14:41 -0600
From: mludvik@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [projectaon] Re: Licence for Lone Wolf

Thank you for quick response. I understand that project AON does not
allow any form of re-distribution.
I will try to contact Mongoose Publishing.
I would like to go straight to the source, but it is not easy to get
contact to Joe Dever. Which is a pity, we actually have working
prototype we would like to show him, he might be interested.

Regards,
Martin Ludvik

Quoting James Durrant <james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

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> I would probably suggest trying Mongoose first -
> http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/ - as they have the most up to
> date distributable (i.e. they are selling them) copies, so are most
> likely to know about such licenses. If they are not able to help,
> hopefully they can point you in the right direction.
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>
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> As I imagine you are aware, the AON license does not permit any form
> of distribution so in general we are unable to help unfortunately.
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>
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> Failing that, going straight to the source would be an option.
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> Hope this helps
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>
> James
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> James Durrant
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> Project AON software support
>
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>> CC: mludvik@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [projectaon] Licence for Lone Wolf
>> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:36:06 -0700
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>> The following was sent from the Project Aon contact form
>> From: Martin Ludvik mludvik@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: 13:36:06 on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
>> Subject: Licence for Lone Wolf
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I have question regarding licence for Lone Wolf. We would like to
>> publish Lone Wolf gamebooks on iPhone. Could you direct me to the
>> right person to talk to?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Martin Ludvik
>>
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